Truth be told we'd expected a bit more bravery from our favourite Amsterdam anarcho-artisans. But no, no tree-trunk bench on the droog presence in Cologne. At least there was people - in comparison to their stand at ICFF 2009 in New York where they made do with a shadylace. High-point for us, however, was without doubt the Rag Chair. And especially the woman who sat on it, looked at her companion and said "Hard as stone!!" And Rag Chair is; which is of also why it is comfortable. The
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Those of you who know us know that we have little time or interest in fakers, copyists and other charlatans who undermine the work, talent and investment of furniture designers. However, we're also great admirers of inspired time wasting disguised as work and so it's a big (smow)blog hats off to the boys and girls at the spreadshirt blog for their attempt at a Rag Chair. That the spreadshirt blog team have such a big box of textiles is to be explained by the numbers of shirts required for the
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One of the most exciting moments of our trip to the ICFF, New York was our visit to the droog flagship store in SoHo. For those who don't know droog, firstly forget everything you accept about the separation between art and furniture design. And then having convinced yourself there is no divide imagine your Dutch and design something. OK droog also have some fantastic "normal" designs - but their real strength is pushing the borders of absurd until they become the most obvious thing ever.
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